Researchers Discover "Magnetic Current" 249
fsouto writes "Researchers have discovered a magnetic equivalent to electricity. From the article, 'The phenomenon, dubbed "magnetricity," could be used in magnetic storage or in computing. Magnetic monopoles were first predicted to exist over a century ago, as a perfect analogue to electric charges. Although there are protons and electrons with net positive and negative electric charges, there were no particles in existence which carry magnetic charges. Rather, every magnet has a "north" and "south" pole.'"
Mr Tesla (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Article Abstract (Score:2, Funny)
Ow, my head.
Re:Article Abstract (Score:4, Funny)
Ow, my head.
Just put some spin ice on it.
Haha your t-shirt is wrong (Score:1, Funny)
div B = rho_b
Oh no, Rick Berman just came in his pants... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Article Abstract (Score:1, Funny)
Great. Now his head will stop hurting and start spinning. It's like getting drunk and getting a hangover in reverse.
Re:Current? (Score:3, Funny)
Magnet current? Like, in a transformer?
No, that's a 'spark'. Still, it might be disguised as a magnetic current.
Magnetic Storage (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Maxwell Equations (Score:3, Funny)
I just tried to think about negative mass, thanks for the headache.
magnetricity? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Mr Tesla (Score:3, Funny)
Were should have stopped 10 beers ago.
Whoa! (Score:5, Funny)
...that whizzing sound is my karma, flying out the window.
You've discovered the karmic equivalent to electricity!
The phenomenon, dubbed "karmicity", could be used in meta-moderation or in troll suppression. There were previously no known particles in existence which carried karmic charges. A net-positive karmic particle is known as a karmon; a net-negative particle, a moron.
LHC, eat my shorts.
So this means (Score:3, Funny)
...we're 0.00317% closer to flying cars!
We're going up the tech tree! (Score:4, Funny)
So, what's the next breakthrough? According to the Alpha Centauri tech tree I'm reading, we can now research Unified Field Theory and Nanominiaturization now that we have Monopole Magnets!
Re:Maxwell Equations (Score:3, Funny)
AKA negative masses would "fall" up.
Ah, like Helium balloons.
</sarcasm> <-- for the humour impaired, and those that think I might be posting from the Southern US.
Re:Whoa! (Score:3, Funny)
"...And so, the development of karmon storage marks the end of the Just Age; where consequences always hit the originator of the action. i.e.: The karmiker and the karmiked where always one and the same."
"Mr. Johnson. What were khores paid for, then?"
"As you may know, the term "khore" comes from "karma whore". At that time, they were called just "whores" and they were paid in exchange for sexual favours."
"Like computers?"
"Yes, Jimmy. Exactly like computers."
Re:Maxwell Equations (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Maxwell Equations (Score:5, Funny)
Look no further! I've got one right here in my kitchen (driving my microwave oven).
I thought magnetic monopole was a way to play monopole during long family roadtrips.
Re:Maxwell Equations (Score:5, Funny)
Negative mass is easy.
You take one 1 kg of regular mass and place on a scale. The scale reads out 1 kg.
Now you place 1 kg of anti matter on the scale on top of the regular matter. Now there's no weight on the scale.
There's also no scale any more, but that's irrelevant for this thought experiment.
Re:Maxwell Equations (Score:2, Funny)
or being below 0 degrees Farenheit is having negative thermal energy
And you just failed physics by confusing temperature and thermal energy. Congratulations!
Re:Maxwell Equations (Score:3, Funny)
And balloons filled with a negative mass equivalent of helium would sink.
Or you they rise faster?
This hurts my brain.
Re:Maxwell Equations (Score:3, Funny)